Indecency

Word INDECENCY
Character 9
Hyphenation in de cen cy
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Indecency"

What do we mean by indecency?

The state or quality of being unseemly or immodest. noun

Something that is indecent. noun

The quality or condition of being indecent; want of decency; unbecomingness; especially, extreme vulgarity or obscenity of speech, action, or representation; immorality. noun

That which is indecent or unbecoming; language, or behavior, or pictorial representation, etc., that violates modesty or decorum; specifically, that which is obscene or grossly vulgar. noun

The quality or state of being indecent; lack of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity. noun

That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy. noun

Lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent noun

Something showing lack of decency; something such as a word that is indecent noun

The quality of being indecent noun

An indecent or improper act noun

Lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent

Something showing lack of decency; something such as a word that is indecent

Synonyms and Antonyms for Indecency

The word "indecency" in example sentences

Since the company renovated its premises in the centre of Jerusalem, installing picture windows that let passers-by see the rehearsals, ultra-orthodox Jews in the locality have waged a campaign against what they call the "indecency" of the women dancers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

COOPER: The government's crackdown on what it calls indecency has created a lot of buzz among our viewers. ❋ Unknown (2004)

How far is the government going in its crackdown on what it calls indecency? ❋ Unknown (2004)

"crusade" against content, including "unmooring" the term indecency from its original meaning of "language that described or depicted sexual or excretory activities." ❋ Unknown (2009)

And the FCC's indecency policy is virtually identical to the definition of indecency the court struck down as unconstitutionally vague in 1997 with respect to Internet content. ❋ Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. (2012)

Instead of ordering all 169 stations that aired it to pay the larger fine, the FCC ordered 13 Fox-owned and - affiliated stations to pay a total of $91,000 in indecency fines for broadcasting an episode of the long-canceled reality show "Married by America" nearly five years ago. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Things changed for the network censors last week after the Federal Communications Commission proposed $4 million in indecency fines against television stations -- the bulk of them to a group of CBS affiliates, for airing an episode of '' Without a Trace that featured a teen orgy. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Arabic word, however low it may be or “shocking” to ears polite; preserving, on the other hand, all possible delicacy where the indecency is not intentional; and, as a friend advises me to state, not exaggerating the vulgarities and the indecencies which, indeed, can hardly be exaggerated. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The outcry over indecency is a big lie « BuzzMachine ❋ Unknown (2005)

Using strict scrutiny, the Court could uphold the indecency restriction only by continuing to accept, despite the lack of evidence, that indecency is harmful to harmful. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The principal reason the FCC has never regulated cable indecency is because Congress has not given it that power. ❋ Unknown (2004)

"I think she did; but she probably didn't know that the word indecency could apply to anything connected with you." ❋ Basil King (1893)

27 Responses to “The outcry over indecency is a big lie” ❋ Unknown (2005)

I suppose pornography and indecency is Liberal speech, as opposed to others’ speech? ❋ Unknown (2010)

The FCC takes what it calls a "context-based" approach to indecency, which is another way of saying, "We can do whatever we want." ❋ Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. (2012)

The worst smack of tawdriness, even indecency, which is why puns, like off-color jokes, are often followed by apologies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Imagine if Fox News was the one and only source of news, that gives you an idea of how the rest of us feel when Washington starts editing the content of television shows not over violence or over so-called indecency, but for accuracy, my god, we're doomed ❋ Unknown (2009)

Look at it like this, for this is the truth:::The compensation for your indecency is the high wages you receive. ❋ Will (2008)

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